Episodes

This week, Matt Hansen returns from his law school-imposed exile to join Lee Hutchison to review the DC equivalent to Marvel's Avengers (or is it?): Justice League. Matt and Lee have notoriously not been fans of some of the former DCEU outings, but how does their big team-up film measure up with them? Tune in to find out if Lee and Matt were All In, or whether they Were Better Saving the World Alone.

Lee is joined by John Tenuto to review and reflect on the first half of Star Trek: Discovery's first season. John is a Star Trek historian and Sociology Professor and who studies Star Trek fans and its cultural effects. He and his wife, fellow sociology professor Maria Jose, have written for Star Trek: The Official Magazine, StarTrek.com and they have contributed to the recent Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Expanded Soundtrack. John and Lee talk about their expectations going into...

"So, what was it like on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens?" Lee Hutchison is joined by Slovenian actor, presenter and model, Andrei Lenart who shares amazing stories from the sets of some of the biggest movies of the past few years. Andrei discusses what it was like to go from doing security on the set of Thor: The Dark World to trying on Thor's costume and becoming a stand in for Chris Hemsworth in Avengers: Age of Ultron and The Huntsman. Being cast in Kingsman: The Secret Service...

The Shining (1980) a Halloween Retrospective The Shining is 37 years old and is an absolute classic. But it wasn't always regarded as such. When it was released in 1980 it was met with mixed reviews and was not a financial success in the least. However, Father Time has been good to this Stanley Kubrick film. It's on many "best horror" lists including that of AFI's. John Mills, Shawn Eastridge, and Tristan Riddell meet up on this Filibuster to discuss this movie right in time for Halloween....

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Lee Hutchison is joined by author and script writer, Will Stape. Will is an Emmy Award nominated screenwriter, book author and content producer. He's written for magazines, the web and for several highly respected TV shows, most notably for the Star Trek franchise.Will has helped write two episodes of Star Trek, 'Homeward' in the Emmy nominated 7th season of The Next Generation and 'Prophet Motive' for Deep Space Nine's...

Lee Hutchison is joined by actress Emily Beecham (Coen Brother's Hail Caser! and AMC's Into The Badlands) and director Peter Mackie Burns to discuss 'Daphne' which is finally lands in UK cinemas on September 29th. Emily Beecham plays Daphne a 31 year old Londoner. Busy days, hectic nights, friends, people, lovers, are all welcome distractions from the constant and creeping feeling that her life is somehow stuck. Too young too settle quietly, too old to keep on messing about without aim....

Lee Hutchison is joined by another special guest, Madeleine Woolner. Madeleine Woolner is an American actress and shares with Lee her stories about putting on Shakespeare plays in New Orleans, being cast in 'The Neon Demon' and what advice Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Pusher) would give to her and Elle Fanning on a very unique set, starring alongside Bryan Cranston and Nicole Kidman in a Paul Fieg movie and getting to improvise scenes with comedy legend Will Arnett. Madeleine has also...

Babylon 5 - Season Four Overview Charlynn Schmiedt (Punch It) and Phillip Gilfus (Ceti Alpha 3) celebrate V-S (Victory Over the Shadows) and V-E (Victory Over Earth) Day as the major conflicts of our favorite 23rd Century space station series end. In this fourth installment of their six-part series, Charlynn and Phillip focus on the major happenings -- many which occurred because showrunner J. Michael Straczynski thought this season might be the last in his planned five-year series. Find...

On todays show, Richard Oliver and Sci-Fi legends, Robert Picardo and Slyvester McCoy join Lee Hutchison to discuss their highly rated Edinburgh fringe play, A Joke. The play revolves around a Scotsman (Stargate & Star Trek: Voyager's Robert Picardo), an Englishman (Richard Oliver) and an Irishman (The Hobbit Trilogy & Doctor Who’s Sylvester McCoy) who are led into a void and don’t get what the punchline of their own joke is meant to be. If you visit danfreeman.co.uk they are auctioning...

Lee is joined by stand up comedian and Edinburgh Fringe Festival regular, Rik Carranza to discuss his Star Trek and Star Wars fandom and his two shows that are packing in audiences at this years festival. Firstly Star Trek v Star Wars where Geek culture collides in a fight to see which is better: a galaxy far, far away or the final frontier. Hosting this passionate, explosive and heartfelt panel show, Rik brings together different guests every day in this battle for sci-fi superiority. The...

'DUNKIRK' Matt Hansen (@mhansen0207) and Shawn Eastridge (@YayShawndorman) you could say are the Mulder and Scully of Christopher Nolan movies. Matt is a sceptic and doesn't believe that Nolan is worthy of his high praise from film fans but Shawn is a self proclaimed fan of the British auter filmmaker. They've come together to explore and review his latest movie 'Dunkirk' from their unique porspectives. The troops also look at the latest news and trailers that came out of the 2017 San...

Queer TV The LGBT television landscape has certainly changed over the past decade - Phillip Gilfus, Matt Hansen, and Joanne Spataro go through their favorite series and what the state of "Queer TV" is now. The trio discuss "Queer As Folk" (US), "The L Word," "Will & Grace," "The Golden Girls," "Cucumber" and more. With reboots/revivals currently in the works for "Will & Grace," "The L Word," and "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," what awaits the next generation of LGBT television? Let us...

This week, Shawn Eastridge, Matt Hansen, and Philip Gilfus talk the brand new entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the second Spider-Man reboot, Spider-Man: Homecoming. Did the world need another Spider-Man reboot, and does Tom Holland pull off the duality of Peter Parker/Spider-Man better than his predecessors? What about Michael Keaton as the Vulture? How well does this new iteration work within the larger MCU? The boys discuss all this and more!

Babylon 5 - Season Three Overview Phillip Gilfus (Ceti Alpha 3) and Charlynn Schmiedt (Punch It) get into the thick of their re-watch of Babylon 5. In this third installment of their six-part series, Phillip and Charlynn focus on the two wars - the conflict with Earth & President Clark and the Shadow War. So declare your independence, change into a new uniform, and enjoy this journey into season 3 of Babylon 5. Find The Nerd Party at... TheNerdParty.com @JoinNerdParty on Twitter...

'ENGLAND IS MINE' INTERVIEWS Welcome to our final podcast interview from the Edinburgh International Film Festival. we’ve been so lucky to meet with some amazing acting talent and behind the scenes name and i’m excited to share our conversations about movies, the festival and cinema with you. Today’s interviews are the director and stars of ‘England is Mine’ the morning after they closed the Edinburgh Film Festival. Set in the 1970s as Steven Morrisey’s ambitions to be a musician...

‘JUST CHARLIE’ INTERVIEW Welcome to our latest podcast interview from the Edinburgh International Film Festival. we’ve been so lucky to meet with some amazing acting talent and behind the scenes name and i’m excited to share our conversations about movies, the festival and cinema with you. Today’s interviews are the writer and star of Just Charlie, Peter Machen and Harry Gilby who plays the title character Charlie. Charlie, a young football prodigy, has a bright future in front of them....

'MENASHE' INTERVIEW Welcome to our latest podcast interview from the Edinburgh International Film Festival. we’ve been so lucky to meet with some amazing acting talent and behind the scenes name and i’m excited to share our conversations about movies, the festival and cinema with you. Today’s interview is producer and writer, Alex Lipschultz, who talks to me about his work on the Yiddish-language movie, 'Menashe'. Set In the ultra-Orthodox world of a Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn,...

Steve Sanguedolce Interview Welcome to the fourth in a series of interviews from the 2017 Edinburgh International Film Festival with the talent in front and behind the camera. Steve Sanguedolce has been a member of Toronto's independent film community for over 35 years, winning numerous international awards. He has had retrospectives at the National Film Board in Toronto and the Arsenal Institute for Film and Video in Germany. Over the past 20 years he has been hand developing and hand...

BERNARD HILL INTERVIEW Welcome to the third in a series of interviews from the 2017 Edinburgh International Film Festival with the talent in front and behind the camera. Lee is joined by British acting legend Bernard Hill to discuss his early career, unfair treatment towards James Cameron from Hollywood, working on The Lord of the Rings series and the Edinburgh Film Festival Due to a quirk of fate we had to record this podcast interview in a busy pub enviroment, so the audio quality isn't...

'WE CAN BE HEROES' INTERVIEWS Welcome to the second in a series of interviews from the 2017 Edinburgh International Film Festival with the talent in front and behind the camera. Lee is joined by author Catherine Brunton whose highly popular young adult book, 'We Can Be Heroes' was adapted for the big screen and stars the amazingly talented young stars Sam Cox and Toby Haste. Ben never knew his father; he was killed in 9/11 when Ben was just a baby. Eleven years later, Ben goes to spend the...